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The Protector
by Shelley Shepard Gray
by Shelley Shepard Gray
Abbie's review
bookshelves: 2011, amish-fiction, shelley-shepard-gray, netgalley-read, christian-romance, blog-reviewed
May 03, 12
bookshelves: 2011, amish-fiction, shelley-shepard-gray, netgalley-read, christian-romance, blog-reviewed
Read from April 19 to 21, 2011
I give this a 4.5 Stars
Book two of this series opens with Ella selling her farm. Now that her mother is dead she can not keep it up and must sell. She is planning to move into a townhouse next to her friend Dorothy. She is also planning on working at the library which is something she has always wanted to do. Loyal is Calvin’s brother. He has been saving to buy a farm of his own for a while and is the one who ends up buying Ella’s farm. Even though he knows she had to sell he still feels bad that it had to happen and soon finds himself trying to befriend Ella and asking her for advice about how to remodel the farmhouse. He soon finds himself caring for Ella. Ella is enjoying working at the library but her friend Dorothy is making her uncomfortable because she is entering her house with out asking(Dorothy is her landlord as well) as well as expecting her to always do things with her. Ella soon confides in Loyal about her. Ella soon wonders if Loyal could ever care for someone as plan as her. Will these two fall in love or with Dorothy put a wedge between them?
I enjoyed this book a lot. I found myself really liking the main characters. Ella is a sweet girl who has been a wall flower all her life and now with her mother gone she wants to start living her life but Dorothy threatens to stop her from doing what she wants. Loyal has bought a farm and is trying to set himself a part from his bothers. He loves his family but wants a farm of his own. As he works to make that dream come true he also finds himself falling for Ella. Also we continue to follow Mattie and she battles cancer and her feeling for her best friend Graham. I will say I found myself wanting to read Mattie and Graham’s story a lot as this book went on. I think staring the 3rd book way back in the 1st book can at times over shadow the 2nd book and it did a little in this one but the depth of the characters in this book is great and I will be sad when the series ends but I am also eagerly awaiting the fall release of the 3rd book.
Over all this is a great read and I am loving this series. I highly recommend you go back and read The Caregiver before this book since the books intertwine heavily. A must read for Amish Fiction!
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Book two of this series opens with Ella selling her farm. Now that her mother is dead she can not keep it up and must sell. She is planning to move into a townhouse next to her friend Dorothy. She is also planning on working at the library which is something she has always wanted to do. Loyal is Calvin’s brother. He has been saving to buy a farm of his own for a while and is the one who ends up buying Ella’s farm. Even though he knows she had to sell he still feels bad that it had to happen and soon finds himself trying to befriend Ella and asking her for advice about how to remodel the farmhouse. He soon finds himself caring for Ella. Ella is enjoying working at the library but her friend Dorothy is making her uncomfortable because she is entering her house with out asking(Dorothy is her landlord as well) as well as expecting her to always do things with her. Ella soon confides in Loyal about her. Ella soon wonders if Loyal could ever care for someone as plan as her. Will these two fall in love or with Dorothy put a wedge between them?
I enjoyed this book a lot. I found myself really liking the main characters. Ella is a sweet girl who has been a wall flower all her life and now with her mother gone she wants to start living her life but Dorothy threatens to stop her from doing what she wants. Loyal has bought a farm and is trying to set himself a part from his bothers. He loves his family but wants a farm of his own. As he works to make that dream come true he also finds himself falling for Ella. Also we continue to follow Mattie and she battles cancer and her feeling for her best friend Graham. I will say I found myself wanting to read Mattie and Graham’s story a lot as this book went on. I think staring the 3rd book way back in the 1st book can at times over shadow the 2nd book and it did a little in this one but the depth of the characters in this book is great and I will be sad when the series ends but I am also eagerly awaiting the fall release of the 3rd book.
Over all this is a great read and I am loving this series. I highly recommend you go back and read The Caregiver before this book since the books intertwine heavily. A must read for Amish Fiction!
http://abbiesreadingcorner.com/2011/0...
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